California condor survey field notes, v1476
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Page 32 Log. Mt. 11 march-1963-Continued California Condor. Eben Mcmillan 11 March 1963 who informed us we could come and go into the Boney Mt. area, on this Ranch, at our pleasure. We then drove to the Simi Valley and lunched on the Sho Club, of Bruce Strathern. We did not get to see Bruce as he was not present. We saw workmen driving thousand of mallard ducks from a pens down a lane To a pond of water about 300 yards down the valley in which this shooting preserve is located. This driving or acquaint is done to attract the ducks with the water area To W they are supposed to fly when they are to be used as targets in this flight. We drove to Fillmore- obtained a key to the Percy Ranch Gate from Gene Percy's Father, then drove to the Hupper, his Ranch of Gene Percy. Arriving at the Percy yard at 2:15 P.M. Condor- We had only visited with Mr. Percy for a few minutes, when a Condor injuremile plumage sailed in from the South, a bit to our North. As this Condor headed for the open hillside area North of the Percy home, a Golden Eagle dropped from out of the Hupper Mountain area and dove close to the Condor that immediately turned and diving to get away from the Eagle that appeared to slow up as it reached the Condor, and seemed to hold behind the Condor at a distance of about 5 feet a disappeared. The Condor dove, flew out and disappeared into the Hupper canyon to the S.W. The Golden Eagle remained in the for at least 30 minutes after it had driven off the Condor. Mr. Percy told us that a Golden Eagle had dove but and forced, Two Condors to the ground on the ridge to the North and East of his house on February 7-1963. The afternoon after we had left the last visit we made to this area. These Condors were attracted to this ridge by the Calf carcass I had dragged to the top of this ridge from Oak trees on the north side of the ridge where I had found it the morning of Feb. 7 as an Eagle was seen flying Eagle- Condor- 7 Feb. any food entered before